New Litter : Feline PINE

I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:37:26 GMT, "123456789" wrote:

I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.


It's the same stuff they use as wood pellet furnace fuel. $4 for a 40
pound bag.

On 2006-09-06, 123456789 wrote:
I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

We've been using it for a few months. It has upsides and downsides
compared to the clay-based litter:

On the one hand, Romeo tracks far less of it when he comes out of the
litter box, it's much easier to clean, has no unpleasant odor (just a
slight sawdust odor), and it's more environmentally friendly (we simply
spread it over the dirt in the backyard, instead of throwing it out with
the trash). I've found that their recommendation of one inch of litter
lasts just about two weeks (sometimes a day or two less).

However, I've calculated that it costs somewhat more than twice what the
least expensive clumping litter (the type we used before we switched).

I'm also suspicous that the Feline Pine may have caused Romeo to get
sick, though this is only a suspicion at this time. He's been lethargic
and sleeping more than usual for the past couple of weeks, and now he's
not eating and has been losing weight. I'm bringing him to the vet
tomorrow to see what's up. I'm suspicious of the Feline Pine because
we've found some of it on his bed (we never used to find the clay-based
litter on his bed), and this has caused me to suspect that the
urine-soaked litter has been sticking to his paws, and when he licks his
paws to clean himself he's been ingesting some of the urine-soaked
litter. I'll see what the vet says tomorrow before I decide whether to
switch back to the clay-based clumping litter.

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On 2006-09-06, John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:37:26 GMT, "123456789" wrote:

I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.


It's the same stuff they use as wood pellet furnace fuel. $4 for a 40
pound bag.

And where does one find this furnace fuel?

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War is good for business - invest your son.

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Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA

John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:37:26 GMT, "123456789" wrote:


I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

It's the same stuff they use as wood pellet furnace fuel. $4 for a 40
pound bag.

Ijust don't trust the fuel pellets. Some have wax for burning and I
don't think they are processed as much to remove the phenols from the pine.

One bag I looked at even said a disclaimer about this product is not
made for use with animals.

Rhonda

123456789 wrote:
I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter.
It's called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all.
You scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or
two when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

Yep, that's what we use! I like the fact there is no smell and it
composts very easily.

We used a recycled paper pellet before and there is more tracking with
Feline Pine, but the difference in smell is worth it.

Rhonda

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:39:32 GMT, Joe Negron
wrote:

On 2006-09-06, John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:37:26 GMT, "123456789" wrote:

I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.


It's the same stuff they use as wood pellet furnace fuel. $4 for a 40
pound bag.

And where does one find this furnace fuel?

I'm on the west coast, north of Seattle. It is very common here for
people to use wood pellet buning furnaces or inserts.

I buy a 40 pound bag of the stuff at the local ACE Hardware megastore.
Any building supplies/lumber place should carry it.

The same pellets are also used as horse bedding so check tack shops as
well.

Caution: Do not buy the cedar or aspen pellets for feline use. Make
sure it's pine.

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:44:57 GMT, Rhonda
wrote:

John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:37:26 GMT, "123456789" wrote:


I was getting tired of cleaning up normal litter from all over the place
after the cats track through the house, so I found this new litter. It's
called Feline Pine. Has anyone ever used this stuff?


It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

It's the same stuff they use as wood pellet furnace fuel. $4 for a 40
pound bag.

Ijust don't trust the fuel pellets. Some have wax for burning and I
don't think they are processed as much to remove the phenols from the pine.

One bag I looked at even said a disclaimer about this product is not
made for use with animals.

Rhonda


Our local Humane Society has been using it without harm to cats for
years now. The bags I see don't have this disclaimer on it, in fact,
they say they are for use with cats and horses. Look around for the
brand called Firemaster.

It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all. You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

So for the next week or two your cat is standing in urine soaked
sawdust? Sorry, but I prefer the clumping types that allow throwing
out urine clumps.

-mhd

Not at all, the pellets neutralize the urine, thee is no smell, and the dust
dries and it smells like freshly sawed wood.


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It's great. The urine turns into SAWDUST! and does not smell at all.
You
scoop the poop and flush and that's it. You change it every week or two
when all the pine pellets turn into sawdust.

So for the next week or two your cat is standing in urine soaked
sawdust? Sorry, but I prefer the clumping types that allow throwing
out urine clumps.

-mhd